The piloactive lotion, the minoxidil and the cortisone cream… all part of my new rutine.

On Tuesday March 19 I met with my new dermatologist, Dr. Silvia Garcia. This was my first appointment with this very nice woman.

“What brings you here?” she asked, “I have Alopecia Areata,” I said. She examined the spots carefully and then she carefully listened to what I had to say and how I discovered this and how daily activities (such as washing my hair) were driving me crazy.

The main thing, she said, “is to forget about it.” This is pretty much impossible since every time I get out of the shower the largest spot is there, watching me from the bathroom mirror.

But what else I have to do? I asked.

She prescribed a series of tests to rule out any infection or thyroid problem, she also told me that every week I have to massage my head with olive oil and in a way that I feel the scalp skin moving from the skull, she also told me to use the Minoxidil (I happened to have the 2% solution, since I bought it a year ago thinking that my hair was thinning and never used it) and she also prescribed a cortisone cream every night applied directly over the bald spots.

She also told me to use something called Piloactive Placenta Lotion which I have to put over my bald spots every other day. I will do some more research about this lotion for a further entry, but apparently it was invented in Cuba and it is only sold in this island.

On top of that, Dr. Garcia will also give me a weekly cryotherapy. She explained this is a therapy with a spray made out of liquid nitrogen, and I will feel a very cold sensation in my head.

All these, she said, is in order to stimulate the follicles which are not dead but just dormant. The hair most likely will grow back, but also most likely it wont be over night. It may take many months she said… and that is the real challenge for me: patience!